Ferdinand tellg-mann



= F. TELLGMANN;

Tbacco Pipe.

'Pate nted Dec. 4, 1866.

guitar tetta guttar ffi,

IMPEOVED TOBACOO-IPE.

ELLSWORTH FOX AND W. L. 'SMITH, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 60,282, dateol December 4, 1866, l

SPECIFICATIO1\T TO ALI WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: i i

Beit known that I, FERDINAND TELLGMANN, of Stamford, in the county of Fairfield, andState of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Tobacco Pip'e and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makefiand use the sanie, refer ence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

In the pipe embraced in the present invention, a Chamber is formed in the bottom of its bowi, throughg which commnnication is had between the bowl and the stein; this Chamber being provided for the reception of t the nicotine extracted from the tobacco as it is consumed Or smoked' in the pipe. In this Chamber a val'iestem or plug is so arranged that, when opened, the nicotine can be discharged from the Chamber. by blowng g through the stein of the pipe, the opening of the said valwe at the same time not only closing the communication between the nicotine-chamber and bowl, so as to cause the air blown 'through the pipe to* act with its full force upon the nicotine contained in the Chamber provided for it, butalso serving to clear the passage between the said Chamber and the bowl of all obstructions, such as particles of tobacco, Sto., that, may have' become lodged therein from the use of the pipe.

In the accompanying plate of drawings my improved tObacco-pipe is illustrated; the figure being a central Vertical section through the bowl of a pipe constructed according thereto, with the stem in partial longitudnal section and side view. r

A, in the drawings, represents the bowl of the pipe,.and B its stem, the two being connected together in anyfi of the ordinary modes now in common use therefor, and' beingtmade of anys'uitablgmaterial, such as bricrwood, Sto., commonly employed for tobacco-pipes and their stems. C, a Chamber, formed ,in the bottom portion of the pipe-bowl A, which at its lower end is open 'and at its upper communicates with the bowl, through a centre opening, a, the stem commnnicating with said Chamber C, at a point just below the partition D, between it and the tobaccO-chamber E of the bowl. In the open end of the chamberahollow &crew-ping, F, is screwed, through the centre of which passes and plays a valve-stem or lug, G, that from its outer end toward its inner end, for a portion of' its length, is provided with a centre passage, b, terminating *in a cross-passage, c, which, when the* said plug has been pushed in sufliciently therefor, establishes a communication between the Chamber C and ,the

outsideof the pipe, through the passage b and c; the said communication, when the valve is Out, being closed, i

and the valve there so held by the action or tension of a spiral spring, H, properly arranged within the Chamber C, in connection with the valve-stem. The valve-stem G is extended in length upon the inside of the Chamber i C, to such a degree that when the valve is pushed in for Opening the communication through it between the said chamber and the outside of the pipe, it will enter the. aperture a, and perfectly close and stop up the same to the passage of air through it. In the use of the tobacco-pipe above described, the bowl is first charged with i tcbacco to' the desircd or proper degree, when, lighting the tobacco, it is consumed as in ordinary smoking-pipes therefor; the smoke, in being drawn into the stem and thence to the mouth, passing through the Chamber 0,1,

interposed between such stem and the tobacco-chamb er of the bowl A, and the nicotine extracted from the tobacco being all deposited within the Chamber C, where it is retained and held until it may be desired to clean i or remove it therefrom; to accomplish which it is only necessary to first open the communication through the' val've-passage b c, and then blow through the pipe-stem, which drives such nicptine, or Causes it to pass ofi' through' 1 said valve-passage, and thus to be'discharged at its outer and open end; the communicating aperture a, between the nicotinet-chamber C and the tobacco-chamberof the pipe, being then closed by the said valve-stem G,"as it is pressednward 'to open the same. As the valve-stem enters the aperture a in the act of opening the communication through the valve between it and the chamber C, it is Obvious that, whateverparticles of tobacco orothcr ohstructions may have collected in the passage by the use of the pipe, will be cleared or entirely removed there t from, so that the air or draught-passage of the pipe can be at all times liept perfectly clear and free of, a

obstructiensj It is hardly necessarythat I should herein mention any of the advantages secured by my improved pipe, as by an inspection of the drawings and a perusal of the above, they are self-evideut to all, they principally consisting, among others, first, in its cheapness, simplicity," and efl'ectiveness of operation; second, in the readit ness and facility with which the pipe can be cleaned, of all mpurities; and third, in the fact that the heat of the smoke is in great measure iemoved before it enters the mouth; a. very great andmportm t desideratum, as all smokers of tobaeco in pipes are well aware. n

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A tobacco-pipe having amicOtine-Chamber, C, interposed between the tobacco-chamber of the pjpe and its J stem, When such Chamber is provided With a v'alve-stem 01' plug, G, arranged so es to O'perte substahtially as A and for the purpose described. 1 I also claim the vale-stem G, when so construoted and arranged, in combination with the aperture a in the 1 bottom of the pipe-bowl; as to close and clear the same, as it is opened, substzgntially as described, fel-.the purpose Specified. v

The above secfieation of my invention'signed by me this 20th day of September,'1866.

'- FERD'INAND TELLGMANN.

Witnesses:

EDWIN SCOFIELD, Jr., OSC'AR SHERWOOD. 

